Al Shams Surname
Approximately 796 people bear this surname
Al Shams Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 631 | 1:252,546 | 7,887 |
| United Arab Emirates | 94 | 1:97,471 | 8,690 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Syria | 13 | 1:1,484,694 | 8,122 |
| Yemen | 10 | 1:2,642,529 | 14,606 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Al Shams (121) may also be a first name.
Al Shams Demographics
Al Shams Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Al Shams Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Shams Come From? nationality or country of origin
Al Shams is borne by more people in Bangladesh than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Al Shams.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Shams? popularity and diffusion
The last name Al Shams is the 432,326th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 9,155,208 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Shams live; 80 percent live in South Asia and 80 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Al Shams is also the 848,089th most numerous forename in the world. It is borne by 121 people.
This surname is most common in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 631 people, or 1 in 252,546. Beside Bangladesh it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 12 percent reside and Kuwait, where 5 percent reside.
Al Shams Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Al Shams surname is primarily Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Al Shams
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